Galway Bay fm newsroom – The long-awaited Pálás arthouse cinema in the city will officially open to the public this Friday. (23/2) Element Pictures took over the management of the cinema at Spanish Parade in late 2016. The arthouse cinema project, which has taken around a decade to complete, has been dogged by controversy. It...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway city is set to get a new boutique cinema. An Bord Pleanála has granted planning approval for a four-screen facility at the Eye Cinema at Wellpark. Galway City Council originally granted planning permission to Radical Properties Limited to change the use of retail and restaurant space into a boutique...

Galway Bay fm newsroom: A newly established group to support the creation of jobs in the Carna area has garnered significant support for a marine park in Cill Chiaráin. JobsForCarna has gathered more than 12 hundred signatures on a petition in support of Údarás na Gaeltachta’s, Páirc na Mara. The group was set up to...

Galway Bay fm newsroom: A Galway East TD is urging the Health Minister to take immediate action, as over 8,500 children wait over a year and a half for a hospital appointment. Fianna Fáil deputy Anne Rabbitte says she’s outraged by the latest outpatient figures, which reveal that over 52,000 children are currently on waiting...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Marine Institute has been given the go ahead to replace the Celtic Voyager with a new state of the art research vessel, which will be based in Galway. Funds to replace the 20 year old ship have been earmarked in the National Development Plan. The new vessel will be...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Maynooth University has cancelled a student visit to Belgium after a former director of a language school there was convicted in relation to a fire in which two GMIT students died. Dace Zarina from Longford and Sara Gibadlo from Oranmore died in a fire at a house in the university...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Headford Road has reopened at the Curragh Line following a crash. The single vehicle incident happened shortly before 8 when a car overturned. It’s understood no-one has been seriously injured. Meanwhile, Dominick Street Lower in the city has also reopened after an apartment fire. The alarm was raised shortly...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – There has been a significant increase in the use of Galway’s public bike scheme, with over 23 thousand journeys taken last year. However, the latest figures represent a daily average of just 65 trips a day on the 195 bikes across the city. The overall number of journeys taken on...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A study by Galway marine scientists has revealed that 73% of fish in the North West Atlantic ocean have eaten plastics. The PLASTOX research has been carried out by a team of NUI Galway scientists who participated in a transatlantic crossing on the Celtic Explorer. Fish at depths of up...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Dominick Street Lower in the city is closed this morning due to an apartment fire. The alarm was raised shortly before 8 this morning, and three fire brigades and an ambulance are at the scene. Gardaí say it’s not yet known if anyone was in the apartment when the fire...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Headford Road remains closed at the Curragh Line following a crash. The single vehicle incident happened shortly before 8 when a car overturned. Gardaí say it’s understood no-one has been seriously injured. Motorists are advised to take an alternative route where possible until the crash is cleared.

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on the Headford Road The incident happened in the past hour at the Curragh Line – and Gardaí say the road will be closed for a time while the crash is dealt with. Motorists are advised to take an alternative route...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – 75 new jobs are in the pipeline for Galway with the establishment of a new Business Service Centre by a Californian company in the city. Quidel Corporation, which makes medical diagnostic equipment, is setting up the centre to support its new international business. The company already employs around 1,200 people...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A man’s been rescued by the RNLI after a dinghy capsized on Galway Bay this afternoon. It happened off Hare Island shortly before 1pm. A member of the public noticed the man in difficulty and notified the Irish Coast Guard who requested the assistance of the RNLI lifeboat. The...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The founders of the N. 59 Action Group have stated that the Government appears to have shelved any substantial development of the N. 59 road in Connemara for the next 22 years. Seosamh Ó Cuaig and Josie Conneely say that the absence of any real commitment to the N. 59...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Over ten thousand people are expected to flock to Galway Cathedral over the coming week for the 2018 Galway Solemn Novena. Now in its 36th year, this year’s event will focus on the importance of family and home. Ten thousand attendees, hundreds of volunteers, several dozen hymns and a...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – One lucky lotto player is half a million euro richer this weekend after purchasing a Euromillions ticket in Barna. The winning ticket was purchased at Clarke’s SuperValu in the village – and was one of two Irish winners in Friday’s Euromillions Plus draw. The winner has yet to come forward...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council has sought further information regarding developments proposed by Údarás na Gaeltachta at a Marine Industry Park planned for Cill Chiaráin in Connemara. The developments were objected to by the chair of the organisation known as Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages. This planning application involves the first...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Funding of almost seventy thousand euro has been announced for projects across Galway to tackle illegal dumping. It’s after Minister Michael Ring described illegal dumping as a ‘national disgrace’ during the launch of the 2018 Anti-Dumping Initiative this week. The latest allocation will support projects at eight locations across the...

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Connemara based dog charity is facing difficulties after its canine ambulance was damaged in a road crash this week. Madra’s animal ambulance was badly damaged after it skidded on a patch of black ice outside Oughterard on Tuesday. The driver suffered minor injuries during the incident – however, a...